9-Aminoacridine is a highly fluorescent dye used clinically as a topical
antiseptic
An antiseptic (from Greek ἀντί ''anti'', "against" and σηπτικός ''sēptikos'', "putrefactive") is an antimicrobial substance or compound that is applied to living tissue/skin to reduce the possibility of infection, sepsis, or putre ...
and experimentally as a
mutagen, an
intracellular pH
Intracellular pH (pHi) is the measure of the acidity or basicity (i.e., pH) of intracellular fluid. The pHi plays a critical role in membrane transport and other intracellular processes. In an environment with the improper pHi, biological cells ...
indicator and a small molecule
MALDI
In mass spectrometry, matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) is an ionization technique that uses a laser energy absorbing matrix to create ions from large molecules with minimal fragmentation. It has been applied to the analysis of b ...
matrix.
See also
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2-Aminoacridine
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3-Aminoacridine
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4-Aminoacridine
References
Aromatic amines
Acridines
DNA intercalaters
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